AI Midjourney faces a copyright lawsuit by Warner Bros. DC Comics and Cartoon Network

If you get Nickel every time, a major entertainment company has a lawsuit against Ai Image and Video Company MidjourneyI now have 15 cents. On Thursday, Warner Bruce Discovery filed a copyright violation lawsuit against Medjorn, after Disney and Universal’s A similar suit Earlier this year. The last lawsuit claims that the artificial intelligence company violates the protection of copyright of the entertainment company by allowing users to create pictures with characters such as Batman, Scooby Doo and Bugs Bunny.

“Meadjurni believes he is above the law,” Warner Bruce Discovery said in the complaint. “Midjourney has made a calculated decision and move it with profit zero Protection of copyrights, although Midjourney is known about the amazing range of its piracy and the violation of copyright. “

Midjourney is one of the most popular Image generators Amnesty InternationalAllow anyone to create AI photos and videos with simple text claims. Warner bros. Entertainment and its subsidiary companies, including DC Comics, The Cartoon Network and Hanna-Barbera Productions.

In the lawsuit, Warner Bros. notes. Discovery that Midjourney recently dropped a Video generation form As evidence that the artificial intelligence company knew that it violates the copyright. In the first few days of the launch of the video model, the lawsuit claims that Midjourney stopped users from animated scenes with characters. The restrictions were eventually lifted, but Warner Bruce is calling this as Midjourney’s knowledge of the mistake. Warner bros. claims. Discovery also that the artificial intelligence company has updated its service conditions for the Redteaming, which is safety operations technology companies.

Claims for violating copyright are not new in Midjourney. In June, Disney and Universal prosecution Artificial Intelligence Program, it is called “a bottom hole of plagiarism” and “Violation of copyrights for textbooks” in its file. It represents Warner Bros. Discovery is the same law office that filed the lawsuit on behalf of Disney and Universal.

A spokesman for Discovery Warner Bros. said. For CNET, “The heart of what we do is to develop stories and characters to entertain our fans, which makes the vision and passion of our creative partners. Disney and NBCuniversal data, spokesperson for similar feelings, crossed. Midjourney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This lawsuit is another evidence that copyright is one of the most Controversial legal issues In the era of artificial intelligence. There are concerns at each stage of creating artificial intelligence content, including whether copyright protected materials are used to train artificial intelligence models and whether these models can create content that meets the legal definition of violation.

There are also continuous cases between publishers, creators and artificial intelligence companies. Artificial intelligence makers man and Dead Recently recorded two wins, as the courts claimed that training their models on the authors’ books is a fair use. But there are still a lot of legal questions and doubts.

(Disclosure: Zif Davis, the parent company CNET, filed a lawsuit against Openai, claimed that it had violated the copyright of ZifF Davis in training and operating artificial intelligence systems.)

This is just one step for the lawsuit. Midjourney users should not expect any interruption to serve the result of the legal battle.